Physical books are a luxury in this universe.

Literary works defined as "physical books" must be mixed with a certain amount of dust and sand so that the spiritual feedback between novelists, books, and readers can be fully effective.

Paper books, picture albums, CDs, etc. that simply have recorded content are defined as "novel copies" and their ability to alleviate mental confusion is very limited.

As underground mineral giants, the Flash Tribe is very good at developing minerals. In addition, they are the original inhabitants of the Pangshi Galaxy, so they have accumulated a lot of dust and sand. After a certain period of time, they use it to make physical books for sale. In ancient times, their behavior of selling books saved the mental state of many creatures on the ground.

Even many of the Flash Clan themselves have forgotten that the current "Underground World" essay contest was not originally intended to make fun of people, but is a habit derived from that period of history.

The purple giant was looking through the submissions with a worried look on his face. When he heard his fellow tribesmen laughing, he said in a deep voice, "Stop laughing. Don't you realize that the quality of this year's submissions is very average?"

It is recognized as the most worrying person in the Flash tribe, so it is always elected as the host of the meeting, and its words still carry a certain weight.

"What does it have to do with us? We have distributed the awards every year as promised. It's because the imagination of the creatures on the ground is not good enough that the quality of the submissions has been declining every year."

"That's not the case."

The purple giant said,

"Although I don't have any evidence, I have a deep sense of crisis... We always stay underground and have little connection with the surface. The most famous thing we do is the essay contest. Many readers have taken the initiative to learn about the culture of the Flash Tribe because of the essay contest. If the essay contest fails, there will be no new readers. When we wake up next time, will the Flash Empire still exist in this universe?"

It looked into the distant universe and seemed to see the precarious future of the Glittering Empire.

…

The Tide Horizon is moving steadily towards the next star system.

The Pangshi Galaxy is made up of millions of star systems, not all of which are suitable for living things. Along the way, the vast majority of planets are desolate, silent, and lifeless. Some planets have only developed 0.01% of their surface, and do not welcome foreign spacecraft to dock. The Tide Level will sound a sharp signal when it approaches slightly.

Deathly silence and emptiness are the normal state of the universe.

Xi Yujin sat cross-legged quietly in front of the French window. The faint light in the dark universe was fleeting. Next to him was a floating screen of a light computer, which displayed the information of the Blue Star official website. The densely arranged names of writers seemed to hide the bustling Earth in the virtual world. Only Xi Yujin was alone in the real world facing the boundless universe.

After a while, he came to his senses. He didn't have much time to feel sad. The early deadline for "Underground" was approaching, and he hadn't finished the first draft yet.

"But the first thing to do is to create the image of Canghai."

Xi Yujin immediately concentrated on thinking about how to do things.

The images of Yu Jin and Xun Ming were transmitted through radio, which was relatively safe, but Xun Ming could not show his face. The image of Yong Ye was originally created by wearing a cloak, so it could not be used too much, in case a creature had the ability of perspective.

How can Canghai look like a "living person"?

Xi Yujin looked at the official website of Blue Star and suddenly had an idea: he could make use of the interaction of other aliases!

For a living being to exist, it must be connected to other living beings, and only in this way can it be considered integrated into society. In theory, his several aliases were all on the same boat, so they must know each other.

As for the venue for the interaction, it would be better to set it on the official website of the Reader. This is his own network, so there is no need to worry about someone looking up the IP address.

Xi Yujin went to the official website of "Reader", where there was still only one issue of the magazine. Anyway, he didn't need to use it to make money, so he would update "Reader" after he was done with this period of work.

The comment area of ​​the Reader has been updated to allow people to leave comments directly on an article, with buttons for likes and dislikes. If the editor, that is, Yu Jin’s vest, likes a comment, it will also show “Yu Jin thinks it’s great”.

As a result, there were a few more comments in the message area of ​​the first issue.

-Xun Ming: You write pretty well.

(Yu Jin thinks it’s great)

-Yu Jin replied: Read

-Xun Ming: My book "True and False Wealthy Family" is also well written

-Eternal Night: Beautiful words, thank you for the hospitality, I appreciate it

(Yu Jin thinks it’s great)

- Ember replied: You’re welcome

-Eternal Night: Could there be more suspense short stories next time?

We already have the middle school type and the artistic type of personality, so Canghai... should be a more cheerful character?

Xi Yujin immediately switched to a new account.

-Cang Hai: Hahaha, Xun Ming, the novel "True and False Wealthy Family" you wrote is so funny. How did you come up with these plots? The writing style doesn't match your personality at all.

(Yu Jin thinks it’s great)

-Xun Ming: Go away :)

-Canghai: After reading this, I also started to miss the Earth. We may not have the chance to go back in this lifetime, but forget it, no one will welcome us if we go back. But the history of the Earth is a precious treasure, we must record it well.

-Cang Hai: This article is really full of vitality. Let me explain to readers who don’t understand it for the time being. This short story mainly tells the story of a seriously injured gold digger...

-Canghai: Brother Yujin is right, this inspirational quote is so well written that it makes people feel refreshed when reading it. We should all reflect at all times and be in awe of other cultures!

(Yu Jin thinks it’s great)

-Canghai: Didn't you invite Yongye to write a short story this time? I want to see something exciting.

-Yongye: Thank you for your kindness. The plots of the novel are all fictional, please don’t take it seriously.

"After typing so many replies, I'm going crazy." Xi Yujin pressed his temples, feeling a headache. After typing out a long paragraph of reviews in Canghai's voice, he heaved a sigh of relief. The image of Canghai should have been successfully created.

A gentle light flickered on the computer screen. Xi Yujin hesitated for a few seconds, then pushed open the door to find Ganuo.

"Gano, can you leave a message for my magazine?" Xi Yujin said carefully, "I hope my comment section will have more...real popularity."

After saying this, he felt that his request was a bit hypocritical. As long as the vest was convincing enough, who cares how many living people there are inside Blue Star?

Unexpectedly, Ganuo looked at him and agreed immediately.

A few minutes later, the comment section of the "Reader" received a new comment.

-Yujin: @Gano, my new translation partner, welcome him!

-Gano: Although this is a completely new language, the key to deciphering it is to find the same words. For example, if the word "I" appears many times and always at the beginning of a sentence, it is very likely to be a personal pronoun...

-Yu Jin: That’s absolutely right. “I” in Nomad language means myself.

-Gano: If this is a code, then the repeated characters should be careful because it is a hint for the fence code. But this is a novel, so "的" is most likely a common particle.

-Ember: Have you studied cryptography?

In the real cabin, Xi Yujin looked up at Ganuo and repeated the question.

"I learned code breaking in the military academy..." Ganuo was silent for a while before saying, "I started out as a communications officer."

Ganuo did not want to talk about his past and turned the topic back to Chinese translation. Even though it was his first time to come into contact with this language, he still quickly left a lot of translation products in the comment section of the "Reader". Xi Yujin saw Ganuo's translation speed for the first time and felt that Ganuo was really excellent. He left a message to praise Ganuo under each of his replies.

At this time, an alien creature accidentally entered the official website of "Reader".

It was a little interested in the cover and wanted to see the comments. Unexpectedly, a familiar novelist left a message, Yongye, isn't he the author of the novel it has been following recently?

The alien creature continued to look through the messages and found that most of them were between "Gano" and "Yujin".

Judging from their tone, Yu Jin, Yongye Xunming Canghai and the others are all good friends. But Yu Jin's replies to them were brief and to the point, with "replying out of politeness" written between the lines. He was even unwilling to like all of Canghai's replies?

As for Ganuo, Yu Jin liked and replied to almost every comment, and also chatted about many daily topics, which was in sharp contrast to his indifference towards Yong Ye and the others.

Why is this Blue Star Embers so hypocritical?

…

“I figured it out!”

Xi Yujin suddenly had an idea.

He added: "I thought of... how to give my good friend Canghai better revision suggestions."

Ganuo was startled for a moment, then returned to normal. He was so absorbed in the conversation with Xi Yujin just now that the endless chat was like a soft bed. He relaxed like never before and almost forgot his situation.

“The Tomb Code can be written in the first person, which makes it more immersive.”

Xi Yujin kept stringing those flashes of inspiration together into sentences, just like a conductor leading the jumping notes, thousands of words followed his arrangement, and he looked high-spirited. He showed off these to the only audience, Ganuo. Ganuo thought that Yujinnuo was shining brightly, more beautiful than all the stars.

When I was 14, I got a strange disease and became weaker and weaker. Even the big hospitals in the city were helpless. My mother cried into the phone outside the ward.

It all started when I went skipping stones on the water secretly in the summer at night, and unexpectedly I came across a weird sight.

I just threw a small stone into the water, and countless bubbles rose from the river, and the river surface seemed to be boiling. I felt something slippery and furry under my feet. Upon closer inspection, I found that it was a big, slick rat!

Many rats rushed out of the river, forming a black whirlwind and rushing up the hillside. Some of them were glowing white, and I used a flashlight to see that they were old rats with white hair.

There is a saying: If the head and tail are connected, they are all disasters. This means that animals whose heads and tails can touch each other are most likely to become spirits, such as snakes, weasels, cats, etc. Old and immortal are thieves, and this is true for humans, and even more so for these animals. Sometimes if you hear dry thunder in the countryside, it is actually God wanting to take their lives.

At this moment, there were muffled thunders in the distance. I was pushed to the ground by a huge force, fell into the river, and drank several mouthfuls of dirty water.

In the chaos, I saw a dark thing emerging from the center of the turbulent river. It was huge, and seemed to have no bones. The area on its forehead was bright red, and I couldn't tell whether it was a tumor or an eyeball. It opened its mouth wide, and the center of the river immediately sank, forming a huge vortex, and everything went into its mouth. But I had no time to observe it, because when it opened its mouth, it sprayed out a fishy smell like a crab that was suffocated in a foam box for half a month. I was so sick that I felt dizzy.

When I woke up, I was already lying on the shore. The river beside me was calm, as if the rats and the monsters in the river were all illusions.

But that night, I couldn't help screaming and shaking with fear. My family was very worried and rushed me to the hospital.

Until an old man who looked like a charlatan came to the ward, accompanied by a boy of about fifteen or sixteen years old. Seeing them, I felt strangely calm. The old man said that I was frightened by the change of course of the Yin-Yang River. The person who tied the bell must untie it. If I want to be cured, I may have to find something hidden in the river in our village.

Is there a hidden world at the bottom of the ancient river in our small village?

The young man glanced at me, seeming to have some sympathy. 】

"I didn't realize at that time that he was the most important person in my life—"

Gano: "...Best friend?"

Xi Yujin: “Best friend.”

…

The Glittering Empire, the Court of Stars.

After hearing the purple giant's worries, some of the Flash tribe were puzzled, but they still focused on reading the submissions, trying to find some good points. But they were used to being arrogant, and they could find faults in everything.

"It's obviously not the novelist's fault, so why do we have to bear the consequences?"

Mizukawa Mingzhushi gave a bad review to a submission and found that he had read all the submissions he was responsible for. Then, the rest in the mailbox were all automatically screened out by the system because they did not meet the submission specifications.

It was really bored and wanted to have some fun, so it opened its mailbox to see if there was anything it had missed.

It was attracted by the title of an email.

“I’m so sorry, my novel is only halfway done due to the deadline. But I really want to submit it to Glitter Empire! Please, take a look at my novel!

From the Blue Star - the Ocean."

It snorted softly and decided to start having fun with this book.